{t:Pancho and Lefty}
{st:Townes Van Zandt}
[C]Living on the road my friend, [G]is gonna keep you free and clean,
[F]Now you wear your skin like iron,
Your [C]breath as hard as [G]kerosene,
[F]You weren't your mama's only boy, but her [C]favorite one it [F]seems,
She be-[Am]gan to cry when you [F]said [C]good-[G]bye [G]
And [F]sank into your [Am]dreams
| [Am] [Am]\ [G]\
[C]Pancho was a bandit boys [G]his horse was fast as polished steel,
[F]He wore his gun outside his pants,
For [C]all the honest [G]world to feel,
[F]Pancho met his match you know on the [C]deserts down in [F]Mexico,
[Am]Nobody heard his [F]dy-[C]ing [G]words [G]
Ah but [F]that's the way it [Am]goes
| [Am] [Am]\ [G]\
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[F]All the Federales say [C]they could have had him [F]any day,
[Am]They only let him [F]slip [C]a-[G]way [G]
Out of [F]kindness, I sup-[Am]pose
| [Am] [Am]\ [G]\
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[C]Lefty, he can't sing the blues [G]all night long like he used to,
The [F]dust that Pancho bit down south [C]ended up in [G]Lefty's mouth,
[F]The day they laid poor Pancho low, [C]Lefty split for [F]Ohio,
[Am]Where he got the [F]bread [C]to [G]go [G]
There [F]ain't nobody [Am]knows
| [Am] [Am]\ [G]\
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[F]All the Federales say [C]they could have had him [F]any day,
[Am]They only let him [F]slip [C]a-[G]way [G]
Out of [F]kindness, I sup-[Am]pose
| [Am] [Am]\ [G]\
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[C]Poets tell how Pancho fell, and [G]Lefty's living in a cheap hotel,
[F]The desert's quiet and Cleveland's cold,
[C]And so the story [G]ends we're told,
[F]Pancho needs your prayers it's true, but [C]save a few for [F]Lefty too,
[Am]He only did what he [F]had [C]to [G]do [G]
And [F]now he's growing [Am]old
| [Am] [Am]\ [G]\
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[F]All the Federales say [C]they could have had him [F]any day,
[Am]They only let him [F]slip [C]a-[G]way [G]
Out of [F]kindness, I sup-[Am]pose
| [Am] [Am]\ [G]\
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[F]A few gray Federales say [C]they could have had him [F]any day,
[C]They only let him [F]go [C]so [G]long [G]
Out of [F]kindness, I sup-[Am]pose [Am]
{t:Pancho and Lefty}
